Should craigslist be blamed?

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Registered: 02-28-2009
Should craigslist be blamed?
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Fri, 04-24-2009 - 6:30pm

The killing of a young woman in Boston and the recent arrest of Phillip Markoff has drawn attention to the website craigslist.com, generating discussion about whether the site is facilitating serious crime.  (ABC Nightline is interviewing the owner Craig Nwemark tonight.)


 


It’s wrong to try to blame this on craigslist.  I’ve used the site several times to buy/sell furniture, household services, etc. and I’ve had very positive experiences.  However, I use common sense – I get references, do background checks, and use my intuition.  We all have to be careful – even when buying a chair or whatever.  I didn’t even know about the erotic ads until a friend told me about a year ago – he said he and his wife read them for laughs.  I looked and several were obvious sleaze, complete with pictures.


 


People who engage in hooking up with people via the internet take a tremendous risk.  I’m sorry about what happened to the women, but they made some foolish, dangerous choices.  But it could just as well have been match.com or eharmony or even some of those places that advertise late night to call a number and listen to dirty talk.   If a women meets a guy at Starbucks or McDonalds, invites him to a hotel room or her apt, and gets raped/killed does that mean Starbucks or McDonalds should close?  Nope.

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Registered: 03-18-2000
Mon, 08-16-2010 - 7:08am

Autopsy planned for accused Craigslist killer after apparent suicide

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/16/massachusetts.craigslist.death/?hpt=T1

 


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